Smoking pipe with tool

ABSTRACT

A tobacco pipe having an elongated recess in the lower portion of the stem is combined with a ferro-magnetic tobacco tamper and bowl scraper. A further recess is provided intermediate the elongated recess and a permanent magnet is placed therein so as to hold and retain the tamper and scraper in the elongated recess when not in use.

United States Patent 1191 Egger [4 July 9, 1974 [54] SMOKING PIPE WITHTOOL 2,290,248 7/1942 Pia, Sr. 131/246 x [76] inventor Raymond C. gger,906 N. G l in 3,162,201 12/1964 Menz1e 131/186 Ave, M hfi ld wi 54449FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 2,609 0/1893 Great Britain 131/184 R[22] 1973 1,408,351 7/1965 France 131/186 [21] Appl. No.: 334,305

Primary Examiner-Joseph S. Reich [52] US. Cl 131/184 R, 131/243, 131/186[51 I111.C1. A24f 03/02 [57] {*BSTRACT [58] Field of Search 131/184 R,184 A, 186, A tobacco m havms an elongated recess 1n the 31 24 24 247lower portion of the stem is combined-with a ferromagnetic tobaccotamper and bowl scraper. A further [5 References Cited recess isprovided intermediate the elongated recess UNITED STATES PATENTS and apermanent magnet is placed therein so as to 944 418 12,1909 D H184 Rhold and retain the tamper and scraper in' the elonrew 1,519,955 12/1924Ciulla et a1. 131/247 gated recess when not m 2,099,203 11/1937 Haines131/184 A 1 Claim, 3 Drawing Figures SMOKING PIPE WITH TOOL Thisinvention relates to an improved smoking pipe especially designed forease of the cleaning and tobacco packing operations inherent in readyinga pipe for smoking, by incorporating into the pipe stem a bowl cleaningand packing tool that can scrape the bowl clean after a smoke iscompleted and also pack a new load of tobacco. Prior to smoking and suchthat this tool is held in its cavity by a magnet.

The primary object of this invention is to provide 'a pipe with abuilt-in, convenient and readily available tool for cleaning the bowl ofold tobacco ash and for correctly packing the new load of tobacco byhaving this tool incorporated directly into the pipe stem.

Still a further object of this invention relates to the ease of storingand removing thisbowl cleaning and packing tool from its cavity in thestem of the pipe with the aid of a magnet in the cavity.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafterbecome more fully apparent from the following description of thedrawing, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, andwherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the bowl cleaning and packing tool.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the complete smoking pipewith the bowl cleaning and packing tool.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the complete smoking pipe with the bowlcleaning and packing tool.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the pipe consists of thebowl 2 which has a tobacco receiving cavity 1 for holding the tobacco.The bowl 2 is attached to the stem 3, attached to the stem 3 is themouthpiece 4. The tobacco receiving cavity 1 of the bowl 2 is connectedby the inside passageway 5 which passes through the stem 3 and themouthpiece 4. This passage way 5 carries the smoke from the tobaccoreceiving cavity 1 to the smokers mouth. The bowl 2 and the stem 3 arefabricated of briarwood or other suitable conventional material byconventional means. The

- a 2 mouthpiece 4 is of plastic and made by conventional means.

A cavity 6 is cut or formed into the stem 3 by conventional means. Intothis cavity 6 is placed a magnet 7 which is held in its position in thiscavity 6 by an adhesive or other conventional means.

Next into the cavity 6 is placed the bowl cleaning and packing tool 8which has two ends. The scraping end 9 is used to clean the inside walland the bottom of the bowl 2 after the pipe is smoked, and also used toremove lumps of burned and unburned tobacco that is inside the bowl 2after smoking. The packing end 10 is used to pack the new tobacco in thebowl 2 to the proper density for a correct burning of this tobacco whenthe pipe is smoked. At the packing end 10 of the bowl cleaning andpacking tool 8 is a knurled area 11, which when the tool 8 is insertedin the cavity 6, can be pressed with the finger to partially remove thetool 8 from the magnet 7 and the cavity 6 so that a smokers finger orfingernail can be inserted under the cleaning end 9 of the tool 8 sothat the tool 8 can be removed from the stem 3 and put into use. Thisbowl cleaning and packing tool 8 is made of creme-plated steel byconventional means.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may be resortedto, without departing from the function or scope of the inventionashereinafter defined by the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

1. A tobacco pipe having a vertically arranged bowl and a stem extendinglaterally from the lower end portion thereof, the stem having a firstrecessed portion extending lengthwise along the periphery of the lowerportion thereof and arranged to receive a ferromagnetic tobacco tampingand bowl scraping tool therein, means providing a further recessedportion smaller in length than and substantially in the midportion ofsaid first recessed portion, and a magnet mounted in said furtherrecessed portion, said magnet being arranged to releasably hold saidtool in said first recessed portion.

1. A tobacco pipe having a vertically arranged bowl and a stem extendinglaterally from the lower end portion thereof, the stem having a firstrecessed portion extending lengthwise along the periphery of the lowerportion thereof and arranged to receive a ferro-magnetic tobacco tampingand bowl scraping tool therein, means providing a further recessedportion smaller in length than and substantially in the mid-portion ofsaid first recessed portion, and a magnet mounted in said furtherrecessed portion, said magnet being arranged to releasably hold saidtool in said first recessed portion.